Posted on 07/11/2008 10:44:41 PM PDT by Coffee200am
A BRITISH airport has advertised for an air traffic controller - and offered those interested an application pack in braille.
The website for St Mary's Airport on the Isles of Scilly, off the southwest tip of England, says controllers need to be able to keep a close eye on the changeable weather as their work "is not over-dependent upon very costly and sophisticated electronic equipment".
But applicants for the job could still ask for an application pack in large type, braille or audio format, newspapers said.
A spokesman for the local council said the wording was included on all job advertisements, while the Royal National Institute for the Blind praised its "good practice".
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Harrison Bergeron, anybody?
This is surely some elaborate form of absurd British humor that I just somehow don’t “get”...
“Politically Correct” is the Politically Correct term for “F***ing Retarded”
I know one commercial pilot with a walleye...never figured out how he passed the medical. But at least he wasn’t actually blind.
Next we will be seeing totally blind quadraplegic albino dwarf Nascar drivers, to avoid discrimination.
Only those in a vegetative state need apply. The Brits have totally lost it. We’re not far behind.
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President of the United States of America
This is an entry level position and requires minimal experience. You will preside over the most powerful nation on earth. As president, you will be responsible for both the foreign and domestic policies of the United States. You will be responsible for the security of the nation and command one of the most powerful military forces on the planet. You will negotiate treaties with foreign nations and often be called upon to meet with foreign leaders. This is a learn as you go position and inexperience is preferable.
The desirable candidate should be at least 40 years of age and a natural citizen of the United States. You should be young and hip in appearance, and have a charismatic personality. The ideal candidate embraces multicultural diversity and must have great abilities as an orator. It will be your job to motivate the nation with idealistic sounding but vacuous ideas to manipulate people on an emotional level. Preference will be given to Affirmative Action candidates. Old white men need not apply.
That made me laugh! Thanks.
Good grief! And I suppose it wouldn’t be required to inform the public before they fly that their air traffic controller is blind!
Just wait till they start hiring blind pilots!
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